Mule Car
1868-1870 - Houston City Railroad
1874-1896 - Houston City Street Railway Co.
1891-1893 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars
1896-1901 - Houston Electric Street Railway Co.
1901-1946 - Houston Electric Co.
1924 - buses introduced
1940 - streetcars discontinued
1946-1961 - Houston Transit Co.
1961-1966 - Rapid Transit Lines
1966-1974 - Rapid Transit Lines (National City Lines)
1974-1979 - HouTran
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1979)
Metropolitan Transit Authority
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS
Operated in several directions from Houston
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)